Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 26:55

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 26:55 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 26:55. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the land will be shared by picking lots, with each group getting a part based on their family's name. It's like drawing names from a hat to decide who gets which piece of a big cake.

Numbers 26:55: Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

Contradiction with Joshua 14:2

Numbers 26:55 states inheritance is divided by lot, while Joshua 14:2 shows distribution also taking into account commands given to Moses, suggesting divine instructions played a role beyond just the lottery.

Joshua 14:2: By lot [was] their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and [for] the half tribe.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 47:22

Numbers 26:55 focuses on dividing land by lot among tribes, whereas Ezekiel 47:22 includes provisions for sojourners to also receive inheritance among the tribes, expanding the recipients beyond the original tribal divisions.

Ezekiel 47:22: And it shall come to pass, [that] ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
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